Jan. 20, 2018, 2:45 p.m.

L.A.

I am speaking today not just for the MeToos because I am a MeToo. But when I raise my hand I am aware of all the women who are still in silence, the women who are faceless, the women who don’t have the money and who don’t have the constitution and who don’t have the confidence and who don’t have the images in our media that gives them a sense of self-worth to break their silence.

“A protest is great, but if you don’t follow that up by bothering your politicians and going to vote, it doesn’t do much,” said Ali Davis, 46, a Koreatown resident who was holding a sign that read, “Grab em by the ballot box.”

Jan. 20, 2018, 1:13 p.m.

An effigy of President Trump at the Women's March in Portland, Ore. (Thacher Schmid / For the Times)

Hundreds of protesters and a smattering of counterprotesters gathered at Terry Schrunk Plaza in downtown Portland on the first anniversary of the Women's March — with a backdrop of dozens of police in riot gear.

While last year's Women's March attracted as many as 100,000 in pouring rain, this year's events splintered into at least four protests and rallies.

The Trump Impeachment March and #MeToo March & SpeakOUT rally were all unfolding on Saturday, while a separate Indigenous Women's March was planned for Sunday.

Phillips, who lives in Los Angeles, marched last year too. She called the past year “maddening” but added that it makes her hopeful to see so many women, especially white women and straight women, standing up for their rights.